S. Korea signs deal worth US$ 3 bil. with Poland to sell 48 FA-50 light combat aircraft

폴란드에 국산 경공격기 FA-50 수출...30억불 규모 이행계약 체결

South Korea secured a deal to sell almost 50 FA-50s to Poland... at a price of 3 billion U.S. dollars.
This marks the largest amount of the aircraft Seoul has exported to a single country.
Bae Eun-ji has the full story.

South Korea has signed a "fulfillment deal" with Poland worth around 3 billion U.S. dollars.... to sell 48 of its FA-50 light combat aircraft.
The two countries held a signing ceremony in Poland on Friday,... with President Andrzej Duda and the chief of South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration Eom Dong-hwan.
Friday's fulfillment contract sets the price and details of the "framework agreement" the two countries secured in late July,... which also included almost a thousand K2 battle tanks and 640 K9 self-propelled howitzers.
Starting from the second half of next year,... according to Poland's defense ministry,... a dozen FA-50s the same as the ones used in South Korea will be delivered first.
As for the rest,... the advanced version of the fighters manufactured specifically for Poland will be sent... starting early 2025.
36 of them will be delivered by the end of 2028.
The manufactuer the Korea Aerospace Industries said it's planning to build a local facility there for maintenance... as well as a fighter jet school for training.
And it's not just Poland that's interested in the FA-50s.
South Korea will reportedly be exporting 18 to Malaysia,... at a cost of around 700-million dollars.
Bae Eun-ji, Arirang News.

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2022-09-16, 22:00 (KST)